Eliza Isett Bucher1,2

F, #3293, b. 8 June 1834
Last Edited: 5 Apr 2018
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Descendants of Valentine Hummel

Family:

Richard Hummel b. 1826, d. 6 Oct 1880

Children:

Eleanor Bucher Hummel2 b. 23 Jun 1856, d. 24 Mar 1858
Elizabeth Bucher Hummel+2 b. 24 Dec 1857, d. 3 May 1892
Valentine Hummel+2 b. 4 May 1859, d. 22 Dec 1901
Richard Henry Hummel2 b. 9 Sep 1860, d. 12 Jun 1902
John Bucher Hummel2 b. 4 Feb 1864, d. 18 Jul 1887

Notes

  • Note: From her death certificate:
    d. 11 Mar 1914, Harrisburg
    b. 8 Jun 1834
    Parents: John Conrad Bucher, b. Alexandria, Huntingdon, Pa., and Ellen Isett, b. Huntingdon Co., Pa.4
  • Note: Tombstone photo:
    "Eliza Islett Bucher     
    wife of
    Richard H. Hummel
    died 11 March 1914
    aged 79 years"5
  • Note*: From obituary:
    Mrs Eliza I. Bucher Hummel
    Died 11 Mar 1914, Harrisburg
    Widow of Richard Henry Hummel
    Daughter of Judge John C. Bucher
    Would have been 80 on June 3.
    Married Sept 1855.
    Life long member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.

    Five children born to them are dead:
    Elizabeth, Eleanor, Richard, Bucher & Valentine.

    Survived by grandchildren:
    Mrs. H. James MacDonald
    Mrs. John Allen Donaldson
    Valentine Lorne Hummel

    And survived by great grand children:
    Elizabeth, Helen, Grazia and Valentine L. Hummel, Jr.6

Citations

  1. [S76] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia Of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Containing Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens, And Many Of The Early Scotch-Irish And German Settlers; Illustrated (Chambersburg, Pa.: J.M. Runk & Company, 1896), p. 123.
  2. [S142] Egle, William Henry, Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg: 1896), Section on Eliza Isett Bucher, p. 137-138..
  3. [S62] Church records 1825-1927, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. FHL microfilm #1723605. It 4 F Burials p. 284.
  4. [S329] Orphan's Court for County of Philadelphia, Docket Book 32 (1829-1832). FHL microfilm 21852.
  5. [S155] Find A Grave; url: http://www.findagrave.com/ Harrisburg Cemetery.
  6. [S321] Newspapers.com URL https://www.newspapers.com. Harrisburg Telegraph 12 Mar 1914, p. 11.